The aim of our paper is to present the surgical technique called Hand-Assisted Laparoscopic Nephrectomy (HALS), used in surgical management of kidney cancer in morbid obese patients with BMI 40 kg/m2. HALS nephrectomy seems to be a suitable and safe surgical technique in complicated patients like these morbid obese patients.
HALS nephrectomy provides acceptable surgical and oncological results.